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    Companies

    1. ICE selects company to build, run Batavia detention center expansion
    2. DR Congo: Ex-New Zealand special forces officer killed in fighting as retired US Green Beret is wounded
    3. UAE turns to Russian shadow airline for missions in Africa: Investigation
    4. What we know, and don’t, about the Sept. 17 ambush on Erik Prince-linked contractors in Congo
    5. Erik Prince in talks with Kinshasa on $65m military logistics deal: reports
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    Academic

    1. Humanitarian aid, private security, and the international law obligations on the occupying power: a commentary on the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation
    2. From Corsairs to Private Military Contractors. Nonmilitary Maritime Actors and the Historical Continuities of Naval Warfare
    3. Russian Geo-Strategic and Economic Interests and Wagner Group’s Deployment in Libyan and Syrian Conflicts
    4. Deconstructing Plausible Deniability and Attributing Responsibility for the Conduct of Private Military Companies
    5. Strategic Blindness in the Sahel: Russian Influence and EU Security
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    Russia

    1. The U.S. trafficking in persons report again highlights the recruitment of Cubans as mercenaries in Ukraine
    2. UAE turns to Russian shadow airline for missions in Africa: Investigation
    3. African countries appealing to Ukraine to secure return of their citizens held captive -
    4. African countries demand that Ukraine recognize captured Russian mercenaries as victims of human trafficking
    5. Russian "African Corps" regained control of Kidal half a year after losing the city
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    Legal

    1. Colombia’s Legal Aid for Accused Mercenaries Deepens Controversy in Haiti Assassination Case
    2. A DEATH IN SYRIA, A CLAIM IN DELAWARE
    3. Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser sues to halt planned ICE detention center in Hudson
    4. Privatised aid failed the people of Gaza. The world should learn not to repeat it
    5. Humanitarian aid, private security, and the international law obligations on the occupying power: a commentary on the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation
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    Outsourcing/Privatization

    1. PMSC watchlist digest, Saturday, October 10, 2026 (ET)
    2. PMSC Digest, Sunday, October 4, 2026 (ET)
    3. American Hackers-for-Hire Proposal Sparks Heavy Criticism
    4. America's Next Military Contractors Could Be Hackers
    5. U.S. Deputizes Private Companies for Offensive Cyber Operations Against Criminal Networks
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